Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Probation Judgments and Decisions) Act 2019
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Recognition of judgment and probation decision | ||
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28. (1) Where an order under section 24 (2) has been made in respect of a judgment and, where applicable, the probation decision, the Minister shall— | ||
(a) recognise, for the purposes of the assumption by the State of responsibility for supervising the probation measure or alternative sanction concerned, the judgment and, where applicable, the probation decision the subject of the order, and | ||
(b) as soon as is practicable, take all necessary steps for the supervision of the probation measure or alternative sanction. | ||
(2) A probation measure or alternative sanction endorsed by an order of the appropriate court under section 24 (2) shall be deemed, for the purposes of the law of the State, to be a measure or sanction under the law of the State as specified pursuant to section 24 (5) and shall have the same effect as if it were such a measure or sanction. | ||
(3) Subject to section 30, any subsequent proceedings relating to a probation measure or alternative sanction endorsed by an order of the appropriate court under section 24(2) shall be brought before the court specified pursuant to section 24 (5)(b) for the bringing of subsequent proceedings relating to the probation measure or alternative sanction. | ||
(4) A court which makes an order in subsequent proceedings relating to a probation measure or alternative sanction endorsed by an order of the appropriate court under section 24 (2) shall cause, within 4 working days of the date of the making of the order, a certified copy of the order to be sent to the Minister. |